Additional 18,000 billion VND for Long Thanh airport land acquisition project

In addition to the 5,000 billion VND approved by the National Assembly, the Long Thanh International Airport Land Reclamation and Resettlement Project needs an additional 18,049 billion VND.

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In addition to the 5,000 billion VND approved by the 14th National Assembly, the 2nd Session on the Medium-Term Public Investment Plan for the 2016-2020 period, the Long Thanh International Airport Land Reclamation, Compensation, Support and Resettlement Project needs to continue to allocate additional capital of 18,049 billion VND.

According to the report of the new Minister of Transport Nguyen Van The presented to the National Assembly this morning (October 27), the results of the investigation, survey, and consultation of people whose land was recovered by the Long Thanh Airport Project showed that 100% of households have a need to receive resettlement land.

Therefore, the Minister requested that during the implementation process, it is necessary to ensure stable lives for people in areas affected by the Project.

Minister of Transport Nguyen Van The presented the Feasibility Study Report on the Land Acquisition, Compensation, Support and Resettlement Project for Long Thanh Airport.

Capital structure

In the Feasibility Study Report on the Land Reclamation, Compensation, Support and Resettlement Project for Long Thanh International Airport, Minister Nguyen Van The noted that the project has a relatively large scale, with a total expected land area to be reclaimed of about 5,585.14 hectares, and a total investment of about VND23,049 billion.

The feasibility study report said that 21,889 billion VND (accounting for 95% of the total investment) will be used to carry out land acquisition, compensation, resettlement support, vocational training, job creation... directly serving the Long Thanh International Airport construction project, allocated to the central budget.

1,160 billion VND (accounting for 5% of total investment) to carry out synchronous and complete construction investment in infrastructure of two resettlement areas, cemetery area... Dong Nai Provincial People's Committee is responsible for repaying the central budget.

According to the Feasibility Study Report, the total investment for this Component Project is about 23,049 billion VND, but currently the state budget has only allocated 5,000 billion VND.

Some opinions say that, with the amount of budget capital that has been allocated, it is difficult to carry out land recovery at once in accordance with the spirit of Resolution 94, so it is necessary to divide the land clearance into many stages.

Compensation policy

Minister Nguyen Van The affirmed that the Government will direct the development of a plan to implement land recovery at once for the entire Project.

However, due to the large volume of work, it cannot be implemented in one year but will be implemented continuously by the People's Committee of Dong Nai province from 2018 with the Policy Framework approved by the Prime Minister and allocated resources.

Stylized lotus flower was chosen to design Long Thanh airport.

The central budget ensures adequate allocation to carry out one-time land recovery for the entire Project; all revenues from land use rights auctions, resettlement land allocation, and land leases are returned to the central budget according to regulations.

According to the implementation roadmap, priority will be given to investing in infrastructure construction for the Loc An - Binh Son Residential and Resettlement Area; cemetery construction; compensation payment for site clearance within the scope of phase 1 of the Long Thanh International Airport project will be given priority and the remaining area of ​​Long Thanh International Airport will be continued according to Resolution No. 94/2015/QH13.

The inspection report of the National Assembly's Economic Committee stated that one of the principles of compensation, support and resettlement when the State reclaims land according to the provisions of the Land Law is to ensure democracy, objectivity, fairness, publicity, timeliness and compliance with the provisions of law.

It is necessary to pay attention to the compensation and support mechanisms and policies for economic organizations (farms, enterprises), religious establishments, and residential communities; it is necessary to clearly distinguish the difference between compensation mechanisms and support mechanisms; plans for arranging agricultural land for agricultural resettlement households, etc.

According to VOV